7.00  SOUTHERN COMBO DOUBLES REGULATIONS  Revised 9/04/2007
See www.southern.usta.com and Louisana Combo Doubles Regulations for 2007 Regulations.  It is the responsibility of the team captains to check local scorecards and insure the combination levels per individual courts do not exceed the team NTRP combination.
      1.05 OFFICIAL SCORE REPORTING AND STANDINGS SYSTEM.
            1.05A INCORRECT SCORES
            Any Captain or Team Member maliciously recording “INCORRECT” match scores or
            any and all individuals deliberately recording or reporting altered match results will be either
            place on probation or suspension.  The latter being the likely penalty of such an act.  A verbal
            or written complaint may be submitted by any player to any Local League Coordinator and
            will be addressed  immediately.

       7.01F(1)  Days and Times of Play
                  Adult Day Women………….Monday & Tuesday Mornings (no earlier than 9:00 am)
                  Adult Night Women………. .Monday & Tuesday Evenings (no earlier than 6:30 pm)
                  Adult Men…………………..Mondays & Wednesday Evenings (no earlier than 6:30 pm)
                  Senior Day Women…………Wednesday Morning (no earlier than 9:00 am)
                  Senior Night  Women………Wednesday Evening (no earlier than 6:30 pm)
                  Senior Men………………   Thursday Evening (no earlier than 6:30pm                                                                                                       & Saturday Morning (no earlier than 9:00 am)
         7.01G  Scoring and Rest.
                  7.01G(1)  Team Match Format 
                  Round Robin competition will be used with some NTRP levels being divided into Divisions.
                  Some NTRP levels will play a single or double round robin.  A match consists of the best 2
                  of 3 sets (except for Adult & Senior Night Women, Day Senior Women, and Men leagues 
                  which will play best of 2 sets and play the 10 point Match Tiebreak in lieu of a 3rd set.  
                  The Match tiebreak shall be scored as 1-0 in TennisLink).  Also See 3.01H(1) Louisiana
                  Regulations     

        7.01H  Team Lineups
                        7.01H(2)a  Team Defaults
                        If a team forfeits an entire match (plays less than 3 courts Adult/2 Senior, Mixed, Combo)
                        for any reason during local league play, then all matches of that team, played or to be
                        played shall be null and void.  If all teams in contention to advance have already played
                        the forfeiting team in good faith, the matches will stand as played.  A committee will
                        review any extenuating circumstances.  Additionally, the local league administrators
                        may impose sanctions against the captain and/or team members by denying entry into
                        next year’s league program.
                  7.01H(4)Ineligible Players:  Failure by the team captain to place a known ineligible player
                  in either the lowest singles or doubles position may result in the ineligible player’s team
                  losing any individual doubles or singles matches won at the lower positions.  The team
                  captain who is playing a known ineligible player must notify the opposing team captain at
                  the time team line-ups are exchanged by indicating a forfeit in the affected position. 
                  7.01H(4)dTeam Lineups
                  Two players will play together in the higher position when both of their partners do not
                  show in order to avoid two defaults if possible            

            7.02B  Local League Playoffs
            The local league coordinators will determine the format for the playoffs for each NTRP level.
            Any team qualifying to play in a Local League playoff that cannot advance to the State
            Championships level will forfeit their playoff position to the next qualified team. Any first place
            team that cannot compete in the local league playoffs will forfeit their position to the second place
            team.  Any second place team that cannot compete in the local league playoffs will forfeit their
            position to the third place team.  Playoffs are part of the local league season and count as a
            match played for an individual player. All playoff formats and dates must be on the respective   

                   published schedule.  All playoff formats and dates must be on the respective published schedule.
                   Only one match is required locally to advance to State Championships in Adult and Senior divisions.

                  7.02B(4)  Local League Playoff Format

                          One Division Level -------- 1st place team advances to state

                          Two Division Level -------- 1 vs 2 (of different divisions).  The winners advance to state.  Seeding will
                            be determined by best record of the local season.  When a WILD CARD is available and 3 teams
                            advance to state ----- 1 vs 1, seeding determined by best record of the local season. 2 vs 2, winner
                            advances to state as the 3rd place team.

                          Three Division Level --- 1 vs 2 (of different divisions) The winners advance to state.  Seeding
                          will be determined by best record of the local season.